Photo: Above, Penelope Cruz in 2007, a time when celebrity watchers speculated that her lips had been plumped up with injected filler. (Getty Images photo)
Below, Helen Mirren at age 62 in 2008. (Photo courtesy of DailyMail.com)
Slide show: “Any plastic surgery for Oscar nominees?”
UNFROZEN CHOSEN
Fans of plastic surgery got little comfort from last week’s lineup of 2010 Oscar nominees.
Of the 10 actresses nominated for their work in leading and supporting roles, none relies much on cosmetic medicine.
In fact, the lineup could be used as evidence that actresses who depend on plastic surgery disqualify themselves from winning an Oscar nomination.
That’s a position similar to statements by nominee Meryl Streep, who has spoken against Botox as an obstacle to expressive acting.
Botox “limits you,” she says. “You can’t play so many different great parts. … Parts of your face don’t move.”
Only a couple of this year’s nominees are even suspected of using injections to modify their appearance:
- Sandra Bullock is sometimes zinged for what looks like excessive reliance on Botox injections.
- Penelope Cruz’s occasionally pouting lips suggest that her dermatologist sometimes wields a syringe with too much gusto. She’s also suspected of having a nose job long ago, but that’s far from proven.
None of the nominees shows signs of overusing plastic surgery, though it’s never certain what procedures celebrities have undergone behind closed doors.
To be sure, the cosmetic medicine site MakeMeHeal.com, which see signs of plastic surgery almost everywhere, speculates that even Botox opponents Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren have had facelifts.
See the slide show “Any plastic surgery for Oscar nominees?” for a rundown on each of the 10 nominated actresses and their attitude toward plastic surgery.
Here are a few samples:
LEADING ACTRESS NOMINEES
Helen Mirren, 64 (pictured at right): “I don’t smoke and I don’t drink too much, exercise occasionally but not ferociously, and I’ve never had any work done.”
Meryl Streep, 60: “[Early in my career], I remember [wondering] if I should get my nose done, just a little. Just to turn it up. I remember sleeping on my face in the pillow … for maybe a year.”
Sandra Bullock, 45: She learned “how to achieve a more voluptuous figure without altering yourself surgically” while working on her “Miss Congeniality” films about beauty pageants, she says. “You can make it work. You can make it bigger or smaller. If you don’t like your hips, go exercise.”
Gabourey Sidibe, 26: On pressures to lose weight, she says, “I still hear it from people who don’t know that they’re pretty close to hurting my feelings, people who care about me, like this one friend. I was eating a light potato chip, and she eyeballed me like I was the most disgusting thing she’d ever seen. She says, ‘Every time you want to put something disgusting in your mouth, think of the designers who won’t make a dress for you because you’re fat.’ ”
Carey Mulligan, 24: She shows no signs having had plastic surgery or of being interested in it.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEES
Mo’Nique, 42: When she lost weight two years ago, she denied that it was a result of bariatric surgery.
Vera Farmiga, 36: Two years ago, people suspected that she had had a nose job, but it turned out that what appeared to be nose-job bruises were caused by an accident on the set.
Penelope Cruz, 35: She’s suspected of getting a nose job early in her career, but no celebrity Web sites display before and after photos to prove it. Her lips sometimes look as if they were injected with filler.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, 32: She shows no interest in plastic surgery. She grew up in a Hollywood family “that valued education, intellect and liberal politics over plastic surgery.”
Anna Kendrick, 24: She’s young, with no signs of plastic surgery or speculations about it.
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“I don’t smoke and I don’t drink too much, exercise occasionally but not ferociously, and I’ve never had any work done,” Mirren says.
